China announced both economic and political reforms to pave the way for the country's future. The WSJ's Andrew Browne tells Deborah Kan what Xi Jinping's China is shaping up to look like.

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... the ... economic and political reforms following ... the Third Plenum and Bejing ... joining me now is columnist Andrew Browne who is going to shed some light on those reforms and ... let's discuss first Andy out what type of leader ... is she Jinping shaping up to be ... we've seen a lot of heavy handedness in its first year in office ... on things like freedom of speech ... yet I think the surprise a lot of people wanting when he spotted me to call this he came across as being very different from his previous us that we can tell he was seen to open ... accessible approachable he had a common touch ... but in fact he's turned into a deep we'll authoritarian style of because I might even say what requests that it has been cracking down on freedom of speech online ... social activist Lopez and salt ... I am in so he stands ... a very very much in a long tradition ... of also are carrying performance in China who believe the strong state this book is required ... to retire in China to its position ... in the world ... all full of greatness ... the things that you point out is that the right for selling point ... moratoriums and the individual ALM ... so it's ... a little bit about that and ... can people expect more freedoms in China aam which is really contrary to what we've been seeing an actual Jinping's first year ending in power ... that the Freedom's significant freedoms that are being given to the individual and the views were forcibly seen coming out of the Phone Plan them but let's ... let's be very clear about this this is tactical ... this is not she Jinping saying what the open of society when democracy in China ... these reforms are a function of his his desire his need to tone around says the economy ... to to come up with an innovative approach to growth ... the move away from the state led economy which is really hitting a brick wall at the same time he needs to let the pressure off ... Steiner is a sophisticated society ... are with a very ... large in and flourishing social media ... and so you know this is more kind of a safety valve approaching the things of the things that he's gone for instance relaxing the one child ... ah family policy the deeply unpopular policy and frankly ... the policy that ... all was that also with his desire to grow the economy and you know when China was running out of markets and you know from now on and ... on the demographic dividend that China was gone from all of these well at peasants in the countryside coming to the city's ... is actually turning into ... the deficit and ... don't live in Seoul ... the twenty oh well that policy was was was very important for both of you can only with a view and a social worker ... okay so at the D in your app and you think that these reforms ... are bold enough especially on the economic side ... to ... help tie neck towards liberalizing its economy ... these these reforms came and I think pretty much of the top of everybody's expectations the real expectations because of the way to being ... a clamping down on civil society ... a lot of people know full well maybe the reforms themselves were a bit of disappointment and in fact the camo ... up not too bad I mean feat that was the rollout of a private much bigger role for the private sector again that's a function of the need ... to turn around this development mobile from ... a state led development to private sector led development ... on the beach that reduce consumption ... I and so you know we have a better read the site we have there are three import message that that that that's the most important message which was this ... that the ... market was going to be decisive in allocating whistle resorts is ... and and and and that wasn't offered it to be very much a sort of ... I'd go with the state-owned enterprises and the flowers ... aam as a result partly of of an enormous number of subsidies which are thrown in that direction ... the police ... chief capital but all also cheap electricity utilities and saw no school tomorrow im built in barbecue is that state monopolies get ... okay thanks Fran much candy joining us from Beijing